carotid artery dissection
MONDO:0004763Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names carotid artery dissection yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Spontaneous or traumatic separation of the layers of the carotid artery wall. It manifests with headache, neck pain, temporary vision loss, and/or ischemic stroke.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004763), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: carotid artery dissection
- Also called
- dissection of carotid artery